Warwickshire Bears have signed Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq for the upcoming T20 Blast marketing campaign.
The 30-year-old has risen to prominence in the previous few years following profitable campaigns within the Pakistan Tremendous League and Caribbean Premier League in 2025.
He made his worldwide T20 debut in November that 12 months towards South Africa and took a hat-trick in his second look towards Zimbabwe.
The off-spinner has gone on to take 18 wickets in 9 matches at an financial system price of 6.66 runs per over.
Tariq, who has solely performed two first-class video games, has taken 89 wickets in 60 video games in his T20 profession up to now.
The Bears mentioned they “fought off competitors from around the globe” to signal Tariq, who may even characteristic at Edgbaston for Birmingham Phoenix on this 12 months’s Hundred.
“Usman is strictly the kind of high-impact participant we wish to convey into Warwickshire, so we’re delighted to get this deal accomplished,” Bears performance director James Thomas said., external
“His skillset and tactical consciousness make him a real menace in trendy white-ball cricket, but it surely’s his starvation to compete and regularly enhance that actually stands out.”
